The thought is an organized mental activity with a high degree
of freedom, not limited to the physical world. It is an organized
process of neural representation that forms a mental model for
planning, defining strategies, forecasts, and troubleshooting. This
process involves the correlation and integration of critical events
in time and space.
The capacity planning, defining strategies and activities
programming permeates virtually all human activities. At the
planning stage, the individual analyzes possible interpretations
and trends to define the best or most effective course of
action.
In the prediction stage, the individual analyzes a sequence of
events to anticipate the future; check the logic and consistency
of facts, test hypotheses and to reflect on possible courses of
action.
At this stage, the individual defines a strategy, building a
particular plot and rehearses figuratively (mentally), examining
the alternatives and options at each stage of the process. To
solve problems, the only exercise alternatives, and formal or
abstract solutions, analyzing risks and results.
Still thinking, individual studies and rationalizes about the origin
of event sequences of society, the world, and the universe.
Thinking is important for communication between individuals, for
analysis of imaginary events and abstraction of the physical
world.
Their nature can be among other analytical, verbal, symbolic or
abstract. Analytical thinking the individual coordinates logically
related mental models to predict or infer a result. In the case
of verbal thought, the individual experiences the thought as if
listening to his voice. Through language, the individual translates
feelings and stories in words, a semantic and sintaxico context.
In symbolic thought, the individual analyzes a formal model as
a three-dimensional structure of a protein or a building, at each
point assessing the perspective of that target point.
The musical thought and relationship between languages are
included in symbolic thinking category. Abstract thought is free.
Mental models trained in this kind of thinking is disconnected
from the physical world and often represent imaginary events,
like to imagine an elephant fly. In this kind of thinking, intuition
replaces logic in the evaluation of the relationship between
mental models.
